Here's to a man that redefined a position and became the measuring stick. Tony, you're the man. Hell of a guy and player. You'll be missed (except when the saints play you and you catch every damn red zone touchdown)._________________

Amazing career on the field. Class act off the field. It's too bad the Falcons couldn't have pulled out the win for him today. Best of luck to him in his next phase of life. I'm sure he'll be successful in whatever he does._________________

I just looked up his stats. The most impressive: 254 games played out of 256 possible. The man missed just two games in his 16-year career. One in 2006 and the other back in the 1999. That's incredible. I'm going vegan._________________

If you were starting a franchise from every single player that ever played in the NFL you would get no argument from me if you started with Tony Gonzalez. He's an unbelievable class act and I'll miss him as a Falcon.